diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index d3086ce..cf082da 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -446,8 +446,8 @@
 /* sys + ':' + event + ':' + flags*/
 #define MAX_EVOPT_LEN	(MAX_EVENT_LENGTH * 2 + 2 + 128)
 static enum event_result
-parse_multiple_tracepoint_event(char *sys_name, const char *evt_exp,
-				char *flags)
+parse_multiple_tracepoint_event(const struct option *opt, char *sys_name,
+				const char *evt_exp, char *flags)
 {
 	char evt_path[MAXPATHLEN];
 	struct dirent *evt_ent;
@@ -480,15 +480,16 @@
 		if (len < 0)
 			return EVT_FAILED;
 
-		if (parse_events(NULL, event_opt, 0))
+		if (parse_events(opt, event_opt, 0))
 			return EVT_FAILED;
 	}
 
 	return EVT_HANDLED_ALL;
 }
 
-static enum event_result parse_tracepoint_event(const char **strp,
-				    struct perf_event_attr *attr)
+static enum event_result
+parse_tracepoint_event(const struct option *opt, const char **strp,
+		       struct perf_event_attr *attr)
 {
 	const char *evt_name;
 	char *flags = NULL, *comma_loc;
@@ -527,7 +528,7 @@
 		return EVT_FAILED;
 	if (strpbrk(evt_name, "*?")) {
 		*strp += strlen(sys_name) + evt_length + 1; /* 1 == the ':' */
-		return parse_multiple_tracepoint_event(sys_name, evt_name,
+		return parse_multiple_tracepoint_event(opt, sys_name, evt_name,
 						       flags);
 	} else {
 		return parse_single_tracepoint_event(sys_name, evt_name,
@@ -737,11 +738,12 @@
  * Symbolic names are (almost) exactly matched.
  */
 static enum event_result
-parse_event_symbols(const char **str, struct perf_event_attr *attr)
+parse_event_symbols(const struct option *opt, const char **str,
+		    struct perf_event_attr *attr)
 {
 	enum event_result ret;
 
-	ret = parse_tracepoint_event(str, attr);
+	ret = parse_tracepoint_event(opt, str, attr);
 	if (ret != EVT_FAILED)
 		goto modifier;
 
@@ -783,7 +785,7 @@
 
 	for (;;) {
 		memset(&attr, 0, sizeof(attr));
-		ret = parse_event_symbols(&str, &attr);
+		ret = parse_event_symbols(opt, &str, &attr);
 		if (ret == EVT_FAILED)
 			return -1;